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Hi, I'm a 23 y.o female who met a wonderful guy 6 months ago. We both fell for each other quickly and moved just as fast.  4 months into the relationship I find out he is in a very unhappy marriage and wants out of the marriage.  I was shocked and unbelievably depressed I listened to my friends and tried to move on regardless of his sincere feelings for me but it's hard to move on when that person became your best friend and he won't leave you alone, and I wasn't sure I wanted him to leave me alone.  [...]

This is way too much for me I would really like to keep him in my life just as friend maybe date casually but deep down I know he's not the one for me, so why do I get depressed when I'm away from him even though he drives me crazy??  What do I do to get my life back on track?? Please help asap. Thanks.

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Judith Answers:

You know he's not the one for you.  But, he is calling you and telling you how important you are, how he's making major decisions for you, etc. That can be really seductive.  You need to NOT LISTEN!!  Get caller-ID, screen your calls, do something, but avoid him.  It might help to write a letter to him.  I'll help you start it:

    "You betrayed me when you started our relationship under false pretenses. In addition, I have seen how you have betrayed your wife and that is not a future I am going to plan for myself.  Therefore, I need you to leave me alone and not contact me.  I wish you the best of luck and hope that you can grow up and begin making more mature decisions for yourself, but I WILL NOT BE AROUND when you do."

You can mail it or not, depending on how you feel.  But do not in anyway give him an indication that you still are interested - even if part of you is.

Maybe he is simply being misled by her ambiguity.

§ guestFtin.gifThis guy will use that to manipulate you back into seeing him.

Now, you've learned something.  You've learned that you are totally iresistable to a jerk.  Take the time for yourself to realize that while this guy turned out to not be the one for you, there will be other people in your future who are not jerks and who find you totally iresistable. Probably not while you are mourning the loss of this relationship, though.  So you may want to take some measures to get over it as quickly as possible (and no contact whatsoever is one step on that road).
 

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